Fruit-canner



(N6 Model.)

M. A.l CARTER. FRUIT CANNER4 No. 411,854. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

UNITED STnTiis PATENT rricn.

MARTHA A. CARTER, OF AMO, INDIANA.

FRUIT-CANNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 411,854, dated October1, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1889. Serial No. 315,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTHA A. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amo, in the county of Hendricks and State of Indiana,'havcinvented a new and useful Fruit Canner, of which the following' is aspecification.

This invention has relation to fruit-can` ners of that class whereincans of fruit are immersed in wat-er and maintained at a boiling-pointand then sealed.

Among the objects in view are to provide a suitable water-receptacle anda removable can receiving and supporting basket, said basket bein gconstructed in a stron g and serviceable manner, and adapted to 'supporteither one or a series of cans and maintain the same at a proper heightin the water.

Tit-l1 these general objects in view the invention consists in aslieetanetal jacket or boiler provided with a cover perforated for theescape of steam, and, further, in a removable basket of X shape incross-section, each of the arms of which terminate in guidingflanges andare connected by a single piece of wire wound in convolute form from onearm to the other, the outer convolute being bent to i'orm aspring-tongue intermediate each of the arms, all as will hereinafterappearin the following description, and be particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a fruit-oannerconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of thehand-basket- Figni is a plan thereof. I

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 represents the boiler or jacket formed of sheet metal and preferablyrectangular in cross-section and provided at its opposite sides withhandles 2, and a cover 3, having perforations 4 near each of itscorners.

5 represents the can-receiving basket, and in this instance isconstruct-ed in X form and thus adapted by reason of the four anglestherein formed to accommodate four cans or a less number if desired. Inconstructing the X-shaped frame I prefer to employ a single piece ofsheet metal, and by bending the same upon itself to form transverseguiding- `flanges G, and thence toward 'the center to vform an arm 7,and so on forming arms and anges, as will be readily7 understood. Itwill be noticed that each of the four arms terminate in aguiding-Harige, and by reason of thebending of the metal upon itselfforming these arms and flanges said arms and iianges will be of doublethickness and rendered strong and rigid. Each of the arms 7 is providedwith a series of transverse perforations S, arranged indiscriminately,and are also near their lower edges provided with a series ofuniformly-arranged perforations 9.

l() represents the wire bottom of the basket, and the same is composedof, preferably, but a single piece of wire, and is formed by beginniugat one of the inner perforations and forming a bend, as 11; thencecurving the wire to the second, third, and fourth inner perforation, andso on to the second perforation in the first arm, and thence to thesecond third, and fourth as before, until the outer series ofperforations is reached, when the wire intermediate of each said outerperforations is bent upwardly and again downwardly to form aspring-tongue 12, and in the last of the perforations, or where the wiretermi/ nated, said wire is bent, as at 13, to prevent accidentalwithdrawal. Cans are placed in the angles formed by the arms 7, and thesprings 12 take against the same to prevent their removal.

The operation of my invent-ion is as follows: The basket is filled withcans and then lifted by means of the bail 14, provided and placed in theboiler 1, and around the same is poured cold water. The cover 3 is thenplaced on the boiler and the fruit allowed to become heated to aboiling-point, when the cover is removed and the basketv lifted from theboiler and the cans immediately sealed.

I do not wish to limit my invention, viz: the inner basket incombination with the outer boiler, as no novelty is claimed' for thelatter, and any com mon boiling utensil may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a fruit-Gauner,the inner basket formed of a series of radial arms perforated a-ndprovided with a wire bottom, substantially as speciiied.

2. In a fruit-canner, the basket formed of IOC a series of arms whichterminate in guidinganges perforated, and provided with a wire bottomhaving,r spring-tongues occurring intermediate each of the arms,substantially as specified.

3. In a fruit-cannet', the inner basket formed with radial armsperforated for the passage of water, and provided at theirlower endswith a series of perforations and a bottom formed of Wire, which ispassed in a convolute manner from one perforation in one arm to acorresponding perforation in an adjacent arm, and so on throughout theseries, substantially as specified.

4. In a fruit-canner, a basket having a series of radial arms, the endsof which termi- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as" my own Ihave hereto afIXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTHA A. CARTER Witnesses:

T. L. SToKEs, MARGARET KENDALL.

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